Protocol for the DisCoVeRy trial: multicentre, adaptive, randomised trial of the safety and efficacy of treatments for COVID-19 in hospitalised adults

Introduction To find effective and safe treatments for COVID-19, the WHO recommended to systemically evaluate experimental therapeutics in collaborative randomised clinical trials. As COVID-19 was spreading in Europe, the French national institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm) established...

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Main Authors: Florence Ader, Jean-François Timsit, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, François-Xavier Lescure, Laetitia Moinot, Christelle Delmas, Hélène Espérou, Laurent Abel, Benjamin Leveau, Vinca Icard, Toni Alfaiate, Linda Wittkop, Charles Burdet, France Mentré, Marion Schneider, Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, Julien Poissy, Lila Bouadma, Bruno Lina, Florence Morfin-Sherpa, Maude Bouscambert, Alexandre Gaymard, Gilles Peytavin, Jeremie Guedj, Claire Andrejak, Cedric Laouenan, Drifa Belhadi, Axelle Dupont, Basma Basli, Anissa Chair, Samira Laribi, Julie Level, Marie-Capucine Tellier, Aline Dechanet, Dominique Costagliola, Sandrine Couffin-Cadiergues, Juliette Saillard, Claire Fougerou, Carole Cagnot, Soizic Le Mestre, Delphine Lebrasseur-Longuet, Ventzislava Petrov-Sanchez, Alpha Diallo, NoéMie Mercier, Sarah Tubiana, Benjamin Hamze, Ambre Gelley, Marion Noret, Eric D’Ortenzio, Oriane Puechal, Caroline Semaille
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author Florence Ader
Jean-François Timsit
Yazdan Yazdanpanah
François-Xavier Lescure
Laetitia Moinot
Christelle Delmas
Hélène Espérou
Laurent Abel
Benjamin Leveau
Vinca Icard
Toni Alfaiate
Linda Wittkop
Charles Burdet
France Mentré
Marion Schneider
Nathan Peiffer-Smadja
Julien Poissy
Lila Bouadma
Bruno Lina
Florence Morfin-Sherpa
Maude Bouscambert
Alexandre Gaymard
Gilles Peytavin
Jeremie Guedj
Claire Andrejak
Cedric Laouenan
Drifa Belhadi
Axelle Dupont
Basma Basli
Anissa Chair
Samira Laribi
Julie Level
Marie-Capucine Tellier
Aline Dechanet
Dominique Costagliola
Sandrine Couffin-Cadiergues
Juliette Saillard
Claire Fougerou
Carole Cagnot
Soizic Le Mestre
Delphine Lebrasseur-Longuet
Ventzislava Petrov-Sanchez
Alpha Diallo
NoéMie Mercier
Sarah Tubiana
Benjamin Hamze
Ambre Gelley
Marion Noret
Eric D’Ortenzio
Oriane Puechal
Caroline Semaille
author_facet Florence Ader
Jean-François Timsit
Yazdan Yazdanpanah
François-Xavier Lescure
Laetitia Moinot
Christelle Delmas
Hélène Espérou
Laurent Abel
Benjamin Leveau
Vinca Icard
Toni Alfaiate
Linda Wittkop
Charles Burdet
France Mentré
Marion Schneider
Nathan Peiffer-Smadja
Julien Poissy
Lila Bouadma
Bruno Lina
Florence Morfin-Sherpa
Maude Bouscambert
Alexandre Gaymard
Gilles Peytavin
Jeremie Guedj
Claire Andrejak
Cedric Laouenan
Drifa Belhadi
Axelle Dupont
Basma Basli
Anissa Chair
Samira Laribi
Julie Level
Marie-Capucine Tellier
Aline Dechanet
Dominique Costagliola
Sandrine Couffin-Cadiergues
Juliette Saillard
Claire Fougerou
Carole Cagnot
Soizic Le Mestre
Delphine Lebrasseur-Longuet
Ventzislava Petrov-Sanchez
Alpha Diallo
NoéMie Mercier
Sarah Tubiana
Benjamin Hamze
Ambre Gelley
Marion Noret
Eric D’Ortenzio
Oriane Puechal
Caroline Semaille
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description Introduction To find effective and safe treatments for COVID-19, the WHO recommended to systemically evaluate experimental therapeutics in collaborative randomised clinical trials. As COVID-19 was spreading in Europe, the French national institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm) established a transdisciplinary team to develop a multi-arm randomised controlled trial named DisCoVeRy. The objective of the trial is to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of different investigational re-purposed therapeutics relative to Standard of Care (SoC) in patients hospitalised with COVID-19.Methods and analysis DisCoVeRy is a phase III, open-label, adaptive, controlled, multicentre clinical trial in which hospitalised patients with COVID-19 in need of oxygen therapy are randomised between five arms: (1) a control group managed with SoC and four therapeutic arms with re-purposed antiviral agents: (2) remdesivir + SoC, (3) lopinavir/ritonavir + SoC, (4) lopinavir/ritonavir associated with interferon (IFN)-β−1a + SoC and (5) hydroxychloroquine + SoC. The primary endpoint is the clinical status at Day 15 on the 7-point ordinal scale of the WHO Master Protocol (V.3.0, 3 March 2020). This trial involves patients hospitalised in conventional departments or intensive care units both from academic or non-academic hospitals throughout Europe. A sample size of 3100 patients (620 patients per arm) is targeted. This trial has begun on 22 March 2020. Since 5 April 2020, DisCoVeRy has been an add-on trial of the Solidarity consortium of trials conducted by the WHO in Europe and worldwide. On 8 June 2020, 754 patients have been included.Ethics and dissemination Inserm is the sponsor of DisCoVeRy. Ethical approval has been obtained from the institutional review board on 13 March 2020 (20.03.06.51744) and from the French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) on 9 March 2020. Results will be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals.Trial registration number NCT04315948 Eudra-CT 2020-000936-23.
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spelling doaj-art-8d39c5bedf1b411e9d94566602ddf84b2025-01-09T04:10:10ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552020-09-0110910.1136/bmjopen-2020-041437Protocol for the DisCoVeRy trial: multicentre, adaptive, randomised trial of the safety and efficacy of treatments for COVID-19 in hospitalised adultsFlorence Ader0Jean-François Timsit1Yazdan Yazdanpanah2François-Xavier LescureLaetitia MoinotChristelle DelmasHélène EspérouLaurent AbelBenjamin Leveau3Vinca Icard4Toni AlfaiateLinda Wittkop5Charles BurdetFrance MentréMarion SchneiderNathan Peiffer-SmadjaJulien PoissyLila BouadmaBruno LinaFlorence Morfin-SherpaMaude BouscambertAlexandre GaymardGilles PeytavinJeremie GuedjClaire Andrejak6Cedric LaouenanDrifa BelhadiAxelle DupontBasma BasliAnissa ChairSamira LaribiJulie LevelMarie-Capucine TellierAline DechanetDominique Costagliola7Sandrine Couffin-CadierguesJuliette SaillardClaire FougerouCarole CagnotSoizic Le MestreDelphine Lebrasseur-LonguetVentzislava Petrov-SanchezAlpha DialloNoéMie MercierSarah TubianaBenjamin HamzeAmbre GelleyMarion NoretEric D’Ortenzio8Oriane PuechalCaroline SemailleInfectious Diseases Department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, FranceService de Réanimation Infectieuse, Hôpital Bichat, Assistance Publique—Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, FranceInserm, IAME, UMR 1137, université Paris Diderot, Hopital Bichat - Claude-Bernard, Paris, Île-de-France, France4 Centre de ressources biologiques Nord, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France4 Centre de ressources biologiques Nord, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France3 Institut Bergonié, CIC-EC 1401, CHU de Bordeaux, Service d’information médicale, INSERM, Bordeaux, FranceService de Pneumologie, CHU Amiens-Picardie, UR 4294 AGIR, université Picardie Jules-Verne, 80054 Amiens, France, Amiens, FranceSorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, FranceANRS Maladies infectieuses émergentes (ANRS MIE), Inserm, Paris, FranceIntroduction To find effective and safe treatments for COVID-19, the WHO recommended to systemically evaluate experimental therapeutics in collaborative randomised clinical trials. As COVID-19 was spreading in Europe, the French national institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm) established a transdisciplinary team to develop a multi-arm randomised controlled trial named DisCoVeRy. The objective of the trial is to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of different investigational re-purposed therapeutics relative to Standard of Care (SoC) in patients hospitalised with COVID-19.Methods and analysis DisCoVeRy is a phase III, open-label, adaptive, controlled, multicentre clinical trial in which hospitalised patients with COVID-19 in need of oxygen therapy are randomised between five arms: (1) a control group managed with SoC and four therapeutic arms with re-purposed antiviral agents: (2) remdesivir + SoC, (3) lopinavir/ritonavir + SoC, (4) lopinavir/ritonavir associated with interferon (IFN)-β−1a + SoC and (5) hydroxychloroquine + SoC. The primary endpoint is the clinical status at Day 15 on the 7-point ordinal scale of the WHO Master Protocol (V.3.0, 3 March 2020). This trial involves patients hospitalised in conventional departments or intensive care units both from academic or non-academic hospitals throughout Europe. A sample size of 3100 patients (620 patients per arm) is targeted. This trial has begun on 22 March 2020. Since 5 April 2020, DisCoVeRy has been an add-on trial of the Solidarity consortium of trials conducted by the WHO in Europe and worldwide. On 8 June 2020, 754 patients have been included.Ethics and dissemination Inserm is the sponsor of DisCoVeRy. Ethical approval has been obtained from the institutional review board on 13 March 2020 (20.03.06.51744) and from the French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) on 9 March 2020. Results will be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals.Trial registration number NCT04315948 Eudra-CT 2020-000936-23.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/9/e041437.full
spellingShingle Florence Ader
Jean-François Timsit
Yazdan Yazdanpanah
François-Xavier Lescure
Laetitia Moinot
Christelle Delmas
Hélène Espérou
Laurent Abel
Benjamin Leveau
Vinca Icard
Toni Alfaiate
Linda Wittkop
Charles Burdet
France Mentré
Marion Schneider
Nathan Peiffer-Smadja
Julien Poissy
Lila Bouadma
Bruno Lina
Florence Morfin-Sherpa
Maude Bouscambert
Alexandre Gaymard
Gilles Peytavin
Jeremie Guedj
Claire Andrejak
Cedric Laouenan
Drifa Belhadi
Axelle Dupont
Basma Basli
Anissa Chair
Samira Laribi
Julie Level
Marie-Capucine Tellier
Aline Dechanet
Dominique Costagliola
Sandrine Couffin-Cadiergues
Juliette Saillard
Claire Fougerou
Carole Cagnot
Soizic Le Mestre
Delphine Lebrasseur-Longuet
Ventzislava Petrov-Sanchez
Alpha Diallo
NoéMie Mercier
Sarah Tubiana
Benjamin Hamze
Ambre Gelley
Marion Noret
Eric D’Ortenzio
Oriane Puechal
Caroline Semaille
Protocol for the DisCoVeRy trial: multicentre, adaptive, randomised trial of the safety and efficacy of treatments for COVID-19 in hospitalised adults
BMJ Open
title Protocol for the DisCoVeRy trial: multicentre, adaptive, randomised trial of the safety and efficacy of treatments for COVID-19 in hospitalised adults
title_full Protocol for the DisCoVeRy trial: multicentre, adaptive, randomised trial of the safety and efficacy of treatments for COVID-19 in hospitalised adults
title_fullStr Protocol for the DisCoVeRy trial: multicentre, adaptive, randomised trial of the safety and efficacy of treatments for COVID-19 in hospitalised adults
title_full_unstemmed Protocol for the DisCoVeRy trial: multicentre, adaptive, randomised trial of the safety and efficacy of treatments for COVID-19 in hospitalised adults
title_short Protocol for the DisCoVeRy trial: multicentre, adaptive, randomised trial of the safety and efficacy of treatments for COVID-19 in hospitalised adults
title_sort protocol for the discovery trial multicentre adaptive randomised trial of the safety and efficacy of treatments for covid 19 in hospitalised adults
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